A fierce debate ensued after the announcement in 1913 in the U.S.A. that all rights and ownership of radium-bearing ores found on public land would be reserved by the government. At stake was the ...

THE Industrial Information Bureau of Canada announces that a new commercial process of radium extraction has been successfully accomplished by R. J. Traill and W. B. McClelland of the Department of ...

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Some of the highest concentrations of radium-contaminated drinking water in the nation are clustered in rural Southeast Colorado, according to a recent compilation of data. The problem is hardly new.